Hello,
Welcome to the November issue of COPE Digest.
This month, Digest is focussed on the CORE Practice of Ethical Oversight. The case we discuss explores topics with respect to retrospective registration and an inconsistency between the trial registry record and the published paper.
November’s forum was on the topic of Artificial Intelligence in decision-making. A number of the questions and comments were directly and indirectly about the role of human agency and human intervention in AI in decision-making.
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We welcome any input and feedback on the discussion around AI that you can provide...
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COPE Chair Deborah Poff
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ETHICS OF NON-ACTIVE MANAGEMENT OF A CONTROL GROUP
The case discussion is just one example of ethical oversight, exploring the ethics of routine antenatal care in pregnant women with a systematic illness compared to active management of the illness in the intervention group.
In this case discussion Deborah Poff shares advice given by the COPE Forum and adds to the discussion with further analysis and links to relevant guidance.
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NEW! RETRACTION GUIDELINES
Now updated, COPE's Retraction Guidelines give advice and guidance for editors: when should a retraction be considered, what to include in a notice, how quickly to issue a retraction, who should issue a retraction, and what to do when there is inconclusive evidence of a retraction.
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VACANCIES ON COPE COUNCIL
We are looking for new COPE Council members as some of our current volunteers step down at the end of their term.
"Inspiring, busy and exciting years. It has been a truly unique experience and I am happy to have done my bit."
Iria del Río, COPE Council 2016-2019
Closing date: Friday 29 November
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A revised concordat to support research integrity in the UK; the link between data sharing and citation; an experiment to allow journals to publicly post evaluations of papers at the author's request; and how to write a great science paper. Just a few of the stories in the news this month.
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A new AI driven tool which provides digested summaries of the research literature. Do these help research efficiency?
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A first-of-its-kind webinar “Advancing Science in Indonesia: Current Global Research Practices” was streamed by more than 1000 participants in 30 institutions.
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Over the past few years, behavioural science has been in the midst of a crisis. A surprising proportion of published studies have failed to replicate when the interventions were repeated. Have we fully learnt the lessons from this period?
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NEW MEMBERS
We are delighted to welcome journals, publishers and associates who became members of COPE between April and June 2019. Signing up to COPE shows that they intend to follow the highest standards of publication ethics and to apply COPE principles of publication ethics outlined in COPE's Core Practices.
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COPE WORKSHOP: NORWAY
26 NOVEMBER 2019
In the run up to the Munin Conference on scholarly publishing, COPE is running a workshop on standards of peer review at the University of Tromsø. With editor, author and reviewer perspectives and a cases workshop with COPE's Howard Browman and Mirjam Curno.
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NOVEMBER FORUM: AI IN DECISION MAKING
Thanks to everyone who attended our November Forum. If you missed it the discussion topic, Artificial Intelligence (AI) in decision making, is on our website and still open so you can add your comments.
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FEBRUARY FORUM
(COPE Members Only)
Our next Forum, where members discuss and advise on current cases, will be held by webinar in February 2020. If you have an issue you're grappling with, submit your case to the Forum for advice from your peers.
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BEST PRACTICES IN PREPRINT INFRASTRUCTURE
20-21 January 2020
CAMBRIDGE, UK
Co-organised by ASAPbio and EMBL-EBI, Iratxe Puebla will speak on behalf of COPE at this meeting.
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SCHOLARLY SUMMIT, TAYLOR & FRANCIS
January 2020
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
Tracey Bretag, COPE Council, will share our recent study into publication issues in the arts, humanities, and social sciences and COPE's work in these disciplines at this summit for editors and society partners of Taylor & Francis.
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INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF EDITORS IN HEALTH SCIENCES
21 February 2020
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA
Nancy Chescheir, COPE Council, will speak at this meeting on the ethics in health science publishing and predatory journals in health sciences
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STM RESEARCH DATA WORKSHOP
2 December
LONDON, UK
Workshop for publishers to learn from peers how they can facilitate data sharing for their authors.
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COPE Digest Editors:
Deborah Kahn, Publishing Director, Taylor & Francis
Nancy C Chescheir, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Obstetrics and Gynecology
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